Infant dies after being found injured in Ontario

ONTARIO -- After three days of fighting for his young life, a 7-month-old boy has succumbed to his injuries. An Ontario man who was watching the baby with his girlfriend has been in custody since Tuesday.

On the day his alleged attacker, Ryan Anthony Garcia, 21, of Ontario, pleaded via video arraignment not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault on a child, Lukas Clark of Rancho Cucamonga, was declared brain dead Friday afternoon, according to San Bernardino County coroner's officials.

Ontario police and fire personnel were called out to a home in the 800 block of West J Street in Ontario early Tuesday morning on a report of an infant not breathing, said Sgt. David McBride of the Ontario Police Department,

Investigators and paramedics determined that the infant, later identified as Lukas, had suffered physical injuries, according to police.

Lukas was taken to Montclair Hospital Medical Center, then transferred to Loma Linda University Children's Hospital where he remained until he was pronounced dead, officials said.

Detectives determined the child was being cared for at the West J Street address by the woman who called 9-1-1, McBride said. They said her 21-year-old boyfriend, identified as Garcia, had physically harmed the child when Lukas wouldn't stop crying.

"We think his girlfriend called as soon as she realized the child was not breathing," McBride said.

She has not been arrested in the case.

Garcia was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempted murder, but McBride said after Lukas' death murder charges would be sought.

Garcia was being held at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact police Detective Jeff Wentz at 909-395-2715.